Leighton \u201cSkipper\u201d Berg
\n(1905\u20131995)
\nInducted in 1993<\/p>\n
Born in Northwood, Iowa, Skipper Berg\u2019s first experience with a musical unit was playing banjo during his school days at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. Berg and his Viking Accordion Band played Leighton \u201cSkipper\u201d Berg (1905\u20131995) Inducted in 1993 Born in Northwood, Iowa, Skipper Berg\u2019s first experience with a musical unit was playing banjo during his school days at St. Olaf College […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[123,126,65,57,45,124,125],"class_list":["post-353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-17","category-inductee","tag-123","tag-albert-lea","tag-inductee","tag-minnesota","tag-minnesota-music-hall-of-fame","tag-skipper-berg","tag-viking-accordion-band"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnmusichalloffame.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnmusichalloffame.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnmusichalloffame.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnmusichalloffame.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnmusichalloffame.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mnmusichalloffame.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnmusichalloffame.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnmusichalloffame.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnmusichalloffame.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnmusichalloffame.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nat different radio stations from the 1930s-50s, obtaining beneficial radio exposure, eventually releasing 78rpm records under contract to major labels Vocalion & Decca Records. The Viking Accordion Band, based in Albert Lea, Minnesota, was known for its ethnic music diversification & performing in various ethnic languages. A 145-page book entitled the Viking Accordion <\/em>Band Reflects Colorful <\/em>History<\/em>, by Skipper and Valborg Berg, is the record of his musical life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"